The judge in the federal CoC lawsuit has denied HUD’s motion to dissolve the existing preliminary injunction requiring HUD to renew the previously funded 2024-25 CoC grants. Below is the docket entry showing the Court’s ruling.
In the meantime, the motions for summary judgment in this case remain pending and we all await further decision-making by the Court.
U.S. District Court
District of Rhode Island
Notice of Electronic Filing
The following transaction was entered on 2/27/2026 at 8:17 AM EST and filed on 2/27/2026
Case Name: State of Washington et al v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development et al
Case Number: 1:25-cv-00626-MSM-AEM
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Document Number: No document attached
Docket Text:
TEXT ORDER: Before this Court is Defendants’ Combined Motion to Dissolve the December 19, 2025 Preliminary Injunctions (ECF No. [89]). The Court has considered the arguments in Defendants’ Motion and Plaintiffs’ Responses in Opposition thereto. The Defendants seek to reopen the December 2025 Continuum of Care NOFO in order to solicit and issue awards pursuant to its terms for the third and fourth quarters of the funding cycle and argue that this Court’s interim relief enjoining the December 2025 NOFO prevents it from doing so. In support of dissolving the injunction, Defendants assert, among other things, that Congress has eliminated the threatened harms faced by the Plaintiffs that prompted the Court to enjoin the December 2025 NOFO in the first instance. The Court disagrees and concludes that the Plaintiffs continue to face imminent, irreparable harm from: (1) the upheaval and service gaps that would result from the Defendants attempt to vastly overhaul the funding selection criteria on an accelerated basis; and (2) the Defendants’ attempt to implement the December 2025 NOFO in light of the Court’s prior determination that Plaintiffs have a strong likelihood of success in their action contesting its legality. New York v. U.S. Dep’t of Just., 804 F. Supp. 3d 294, 330 (D.R.I. 2025) (“In life-or-death scenarios times of crisis when someone faces domestic violence, homelessness, or a mental health crisis it practically goes without saying that there can be no do over and no redress if services are unlawfully denied and someone suffers for it. That of course constitutes irreparable harm.”) (cleaned up). As a result, the Court DENIES Defendants’ Combined Motion to Dissolve the December 19, 2025 Preliminary Injunctions (ECF No. [89]). So Ordered by District Judge Mary S. McElroy on 2/27/2026. (Potter, Carrie)